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ASX companies join 40:40 Vision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Ten ASX-listed companies have committed to achieving gender balance in their senior leadership as part of the 40:40 Vision initiative. ANZ, BHP, BlueScope, Domino's, IGO, Ramsay Health Care, SkyCity, South32, Tabcorp and Webjet have signed up to the ...

JANA hires first head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Investment consulting firm JANA has hired Rachel Halpern as its first head of sustainability. Rachel Halpern joins JANA from Westpac Group, where she was executive manager for risk. She has had an established advisory career covering risk and commercial ...

Net zero: How to separate truth from marketing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... commitments, investors are now committing to net zero in line with the Paris Agreement - especially institutional investors like super funds. And this could change the quality of action from companies to decarbonise in line with net zero commitments. ...

Neuberger Berman closes $280m private equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... outcomes aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals while also meeting NB Private Equity's underwriting standards. "Super funds post 2020 are thinking about how do we benefit from disruption and innovation in a post-pandemic world and there's ...

Unite the league: investors join climate coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... the private sector to support and act towards Paris-aligned emissions reductions targets. Founding partners include Aware Super, Cbus, IFM Investors and Queensland Investment Corporation, and the 20 participants are collectively responsible for over ...

"Booming" demand for ESG specialists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... "booming," said Simon Gvalda, senior recruitment consultant at Kaizen Recruitment. "There has been a lot of demand from super funds, fund managers, a lot of them are setting up teams of people and recruiting for positions like heads of ESG, so there's ...

War, vice and climate: assessing investors ethical stands

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Attitudes towards ethical investing preferences differ strongly between generations, according to a survey by Nucleus Wealth Management. Nucleus Wealth conducted a survey of more than 1450 Nucleus Wealth clients and potential investors on attitudes ...

Post-COVID economic recovery "once in a generation opportunity"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... generation opportunity" for Australia to reset and refocus the economy, according to a new report commissioned by Aware Super. Aware Super commissioned social researcher Rebecca Huntley to write the report Building back better: the intersection of climate ...

Brokers recognised for excellence in ESG research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Citi, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse took out awards for excellence in ESG research at the 11 th annual ESG Research Australia Awards. Research reports covering modern slavery and human rights were recognised for informing and driving ...

Trustees squeezed by competing climate risk pressures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Super fund trustees are "squeezed" when it comes to managing climate risk, between members seeking divestment, regulatory guidance on managing climate risk, and proposed legislation that may limit access to proxy advisers, according to the chair of ...